{"id":358698,"date":"2021-10-27T02:50:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T23:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democratic-leaders-shocking-silence-over-attacks-on-israel-by-fellow-dems\/"},"modified":"2021-10-27T02:50:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T23:50:40","slug":"democratic-leaders-shocking-silence-over-attacks-on-israel-by-fellow-dems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democratic-leaders-shocking-silence-over-attacks-on-israel-by-fellow-dems\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democratic leaders&#8217; shocking silence over attacks on Israel by fellow Dems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Democratic leaders&#8217; shocking silence over attacks on Israel by fellow Dems<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>We\u2019ve often sounded alarms over fellow Democrats who demonize Israel. But lately, even our party\u2019s establishment and its leaders have become complicit in the consequences \u2014 by failing to denounce these attacks. Voters need to demand that top officials from both parties speak up loudly.<\/p>\n<p>Such attacks put Jews in tangible danger and threaten the United States\u2019 and Israel\u2019s national security, given that Israel is our closest ally and the only stable democracy in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The harshest rhetoric emanates from the party\u2019s progressives. Yet the Democratic establishment increasingly seems OK with it. Even Vice President Kamala Harris, one of the most powerful Democrats, actually <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lauded a student who accused Israel of \u201cethnic genocide,\u201d saying that the young woman\u2019s \u201ctruth should not be suppressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s shocking: The claim of \u201cethnic genocide\u201d is patently false, and it\u2019s used as a rallying cry by extremists who seek Israel\u2019s destruction. It also plays into a vile, twisted anti-Semitic stereotype that the Jewish state \u2014 and by extension, the Jewish people \u2014 are oppressors. For Harris to have endorsed that is more than alarming.<\/p>\n<p>And she\u2019s hardly alone. Indeed, anti-Israel sentiment has even infiltrated US policymaking, sending an even louder message and carrying real consequences for Israel. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kamala-harris-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Even Vice President Kamala Harris applauded a student who accused Israel of \u201cethnic genocide.\u201d \" class=\"wp-image-19932155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kamala-harris-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kamala-harris-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kamala-harris-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Vice President Kamala Harris applauded a student who accused Israel of \u201cethnic genocide.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Mike Segar<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just weeks before Harris\u2019 comment, progressive Democrats successfully pressured House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to reject $1 billion in funding for Israel\u2019s Iron Dome missile-defense system. A separate measure to fund it ultimately passed, yet Pelosi had sent a clear message: far-left, anti-Israel lawmakers have a voice at the highest ranks of Democratic policymaking.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi has also looked the other way when progressives sprout anti-Semitic rhetoric. In 2019, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) questioned American Jews\u2019 loyalty to the United States, charging that US support of Israel was \u201call about the Benjamins\u201d and playing into the anti-Semitic stereotype that Jews are financial schemers. \u00a0Omar then pushed another slur, casting Jews as deceitful oppressors by saying Jewish Democrats were \u201cnot partners in justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi said nothing, and Omar faced no repercussions: She kept her seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and continues to wield influence over the Democratic agenda.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>To be sure, we don\u2019t believe Pelosi is anti-Semitic or that she opposes Israel\u2019s right to exist. Yet at times, she\u2019s prioritized politics and holding her caucus together over standing up for Israel and the Jewish people.<\/p>\n<p>The trouble is that turning a blind eye to such speech allows extremism to infiltrate the mainstream, with severe consequences. Pelosi and other top Democrats are putting Israel\u2019s survival and the Jewish community at risk.<\/p>\n<p>And though Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (a Jewish-American himself) did denounce Omar\u2019s remarks in 2019, he has recently aligned himself with the progressive left and, like Pelosi, has refrained from denouncing other unfair slams against Israel by fellow Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>During the Hamas attacks on Israel in May 2021, for example, progressives called for an end to US military aid to Jerusalem; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bx-Queens) even echoed the false accusation that Israel is an \u201capartheid state.\u201d Neither Schumer nor Pelosi condemned it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/omar-pelosi.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)\" class=\"wp-image-19932181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/omar-pelosi.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/omar-pelosi.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/omar-pelosi.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). In 2019, Omar questioned American Jews\u2019 loyalty to the United States.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Elizabeth Frantz<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Schumer was also silent when Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) condemned <em>both<\/em> Israel and Palestinians in the same statement, suggesting a moral equivalence between them that\u2019s neither logical nor supported by evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Nor did Schumer voice support for Israel during the May conflict, either in an independent press release or his regular Senate floor remarks. Instead, he joined 28 other senators who called for a premature ceasefire that would\u2019ve harmed Israel\u2019s efforts to prevent Hamas from waging future attacks.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>How does top Dems\u2019 silence imperil Jews? Here\u2019s one way: During the May conflict, the Anti-Defamation League recorded 305 incidents of anti-Semitism in the United States, a 115 percent increase from the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no coincidence. You can\u2019t separate the rise in anti-Semitic violence from the growing influence of members in Congress who marginalize Israel, want to undermine Israel\u2019s ability to defend itself and question the right of the Jewish state to exist without facing consequences from party leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks, and threats to Jews, won\u2019t slow down unless Americans \u2014 regardless of party or religion \u2014 demand their leaders speak up.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Douglas Schoen is founder and partner in\u00a0<\/em><em>Schoen Cooperman Research<\/em><em>, a polling and consulting firm.\u00a0<\/em><em>Andrew<\/em><em>\u00a0Stein is a former New York City Council president and state Assembly member.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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